Leeuwarden railway station
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| Location | Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°11′45″N 5°47′28″E / 53.19583°N 5.79111°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway Leeuwarden–Groningen railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 27 October 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dutch Rijksmonument 24369
Leeuwarden railway station is the main railway station in Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands. The station, which opened on 27 October 1863, is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway. Leeuwarden was also the terminus of the North Friesland Railway which served Anjum and Harlingen via Stiens. Behind the station is a stabling point for many trains. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva; of the station's six platforms, five are terminating platforms and one is a through platform.